Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
West Bengal, India

mindat Locality ID: 146184
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146184.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Bengal, India": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bankura District
Purulia District

Latitude: 23°3'29"N
Longitude: 86°55'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.058055555556,86.924444444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Allanite	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Brannerite	Calcite	Catapleiite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gadolinite	Garnet	Iron	Malachite	Mica	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite
Titanite	Topaz	Tridymite	Wöhlerite	Zircon

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cs Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Analcime Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Brannerite Calcite Catapleiite
Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Eudialyte Feldspar Fluorite
Gadolinite Garnet Iron Malachite Mica Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pectolite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite
Titanite Topaz Tridymite Wöhlerite Zircon

73 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*
Anatase ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*
Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Catapleiite ()*	Celsian ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*
Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Eudialyte ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Graphite ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hingganite-(Ce) ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Katophorite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Margarite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pectolite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Richterite ()*	Rinkite-(Ce) ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Serandite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Taenite ()*
Tenorite ()*	Thorite ()*	Thorutite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*
Tremolite ()*	Troilite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Wairauite ()*
Wöhlerite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	66913	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	66917	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	66910,66914,66917	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	66911,66914,66915,66916	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	66913	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	4	66911,66914,66915,66916	2162
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	66905	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	66913	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	66911,66914,66915,66916	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	66913	4286
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	5	66911,66913,66914,66915,66916	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	66910,66913	27770
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	1	66917	113
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	5	66911,66914,66915,66916,66917	100
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	2	66913,66917	94
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	66912	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	66905,66912	3902
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	66904	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3	66910,66912,66913	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5	66901,66911,66914,66915,66916	8173
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	1	66917	182
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	66913	414
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	66905,66913	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	66907,66908,66913	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	66911,66914,66915,66916	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	66904	7437
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	66917	167
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	66913	2812
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	66901	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	66911,66914,66915,66916	14640
Hingganite-(Ce) ()*	Gadolinite	BeCe(SiO₄)(OH)	1	66917	13
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	7	66905,66910,66911,66912,66914,66915,66916	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	2	66905,66912	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	66912	191
Katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	66910	46
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	66912	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6	66901,66910,66911,66914,66915,66916	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	66904	12537
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	1	66913	168
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4	66911,66914,66915,66916	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	66901,66913	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	66917	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	66917	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	66917	2349
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	66917	363
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	66910	2273
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	2	66907,66908	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	66913	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	66913	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	66901,66904,66907,66908,66911,66914,66915,66916	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	66910	148
Rinkite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ca₃REE)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂	1	66917	53
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	7	66907,66908,66911,66913,66914,66915,66916	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1	66913	353
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	66904	4894
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	66912	374
Serandite ()*	Pectolite	NaMn²⁺₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	66917	38
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	66913	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2	66901,66913	978
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	66912	703
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	66904	1101
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	66917	1006
Thorutite ()*	Brannerite	(Th,U,Ca)Ti₂(O,OH)₆	1	66913	10
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	66901,66913,66917	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	3	66907,66908,66913	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	66913	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	2	66905,66912	1044
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	66913	2718
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	4	66911,66914,66915,66916	652
Wairauite ()*	Iron	CoFe	1	66912	16
Wöhlerite ()*	Wöhlerite	Na₂Ca₄Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄	1	66917	83
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	66901	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	66911,66914,66915,66916	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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